ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Linguistic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Urban Anthropology
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Anthropology is the study of humanity in all its times and places. The word anthropology comes from the greek words anthropos (man) + logos (science of) This means the discipline of anthropology is a very broad one; in fact, most anthropologists consider themselves as generalists. Even so, there are 4 sub-disciplines in anthropology: biological anthropology (also called physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology (also called ethnology, linguistic anthropology. Because of the broad scope of this discipline it rests both in the sciences and the humanities. Content of the course: this course cover 2 of the 4 subfields of anthropology: biological anthropology and archaeology, this course is what is referred to as a survey course. By this, i mean that it will introduce broad areas of study, not delving deeply into any one area. Therefore, if you have determined that you wish to major in anthropology, this is not the course for you.
